City worker ‘shabu-positive’
A MALE worker from the Cebu City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) was the first to be tested positive for shabu this year when the City Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (Cosap) resumed its drug screening test yesterday.
During the drug test, the Cosap asked 50 CTO employees and 37 Peace and...
HIV claims lives of 5 patients
FIVE persons have died from the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the first four months of this year.
According to Chamberlain Agtuca, HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (Aids) core team assistant head at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, the last casualty, a male patient...
Annabelle not registered, Comelec records show
ACTRESS and talent manager Annabelle Rama is not a registered voter in Cebu City. She is also not registered in the national voter’s list of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
This was disclosed yesterday by Cebu City north district election officer Marchel Sarno in an interview with...
Bridge gets development council endorsement
THE Regional Development Council (RDC) 7 Infrastructure Development Committee (IDC) has endorsed the bridge project that will connect Cebu City and Cordova town.
Mayor Michael Rama, RDC 7 chairman, hopes the project will push through because not only will it decongest traffic from...
Village officials ‘snub’ launching
CEBU City Mayor Rama promised mountain barangay residents assistance for the Guba Emergency Hospital (GEH) during the 40th founding anniversary celebration and blessing of the facility yesterday.
The occasion was boycotted by the barangay officials despite the invitation sent by the...
Can judge’s move help serve justice?
IF HE inhibits himself, are the ends of justice served?
The lawyer of lot claimant Mariano Godinez posed this question in a pleading he filed in court asking Judge Soliver Peras to continue handling the petition involving the destruction of 168 houses in Barangay Apas, Cebu City.
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Council makes OBO a department
THE Office of the Building Official (OBO) faced major challenges recently with the collapse of a retaining wall in a condominium building last month and the collapse of a subdivision riprap last Tuesday.
With the number of problems OBO is addressing, the lack of engineers or manpower...
Council wants to be part of technical working group
MEMBERS of the Cebu City Council want to have a representative in the technical working group (TWG) for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor study.
This was after they were presented with a copy of Executive Order 12-4, which constitutes the TWG and the project management offices.
...
Customs bureau asked: Give guns to cops
THE Police Coordinating and Advisory Council (PCAC) in Cebu City is looking for parts of high-powered firearms and thousands of bullets for an AK47 rifle, which are part of the items seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Cebu last November.
Pcac chairperson Eugene Elizalde will send a...
Rama pans Guadalupe for shabby environment
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama lambasted the barangay officials of Guadalupe yesterday for their poor performance in collecting their waste.
Rama, a registered voter in Guadalupe, was surprised when he saw uncollected garbage in the barangay.
He is disappointed with the current...
Lampposts remain after May deadline
THE group tasked to remove the controversial decorative lampposts in Cebu City failed to meet the deadline set by Mayor Michael Rama.
City Traffic Operations and Management (Citom) executive director Rafael Yap said they encountered a problem last week that caused the delay.
Rama...
Cebu City collects 36% of annual target as of April
THE Cebu City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) has so far collected some P1.85 billion in revenues for the first four months of 2012, about 36 percent of its target for the whole year.
Business taxes and other receipts made up the bulk of the collections, with P801.25 million.
But Taft Property can only fix collapsed protection wall of Horizon 101: OBO
THE Office of the Building Official (OBO) in Cebu City has instructed Taft Property Ventures Development Corp. to start installing soldier piles for the rehabilitation of the soil protection wall of Horizon 101.
Acting Building Official Josefa Ylanan said the City’s structural consultant...
Road widening project ‘prelude to building flyover’
SOME residents in Barangays Carreta, Hipodromo and Mabolo in Cebu City believe the proposed road-widening project on M.J. Cuenco Ave. is in preparation for the construction of a flyover at the corner of Gen. Maxilom Ave.
This was after Mayor Michael Rama said he is not totally against...
City engineer wealthiest among 22 department heads
DEPARTMENT of Engineering and Public Works (DEPW) Chief Kenneth Carmelita Macatol Enriquez is still the richest among the 22 department heads in Cebu City Hall based on the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN).
In her SALN submitted to the Ombudsman Visayas, Enriquez...
City councilors, vice mayor submit SALN
CEBU City Vice Mayor Joy Augustus Young has total assets amounting to P9.3 million, but his probable political opponent in next year’s election, Councilor Edgardo Labella, has more with nearly P13 million.
In his sworn statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN), Young has at...
One Cebu Party to respect choice of allies: governor
VICE Gov. Agnes Magpale is the logical choice of One Cebu Party to be the running mate of Rep. Pablo John Garcia (Cebu, 6th district). Not only is she the incumbent number two official, Magpale also belongs to the Bakud Party, which is allied with One Cebu.
Gov. Gwen Garcia yesterday...
Tomas scoffs at Gwen’s bid for Senate
REP. Tomas Osmeña (Cebu City, south district) laughed off Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia bid for a Senate seat in next year’s polls.
The congressman, who is at odds with the governor, said Garcia even lost in her own precinct and barangay in the last elections.
Dark times ahead for CCMC
CEBU City Medical Center (CCMC) Chief Gloria Duterte is afraid the hospital’s services will be hampered because of unpaid electricity bills.
A Visayan Electric Company (Veco) billing statement shows that CCMC has yet to pay for the electricity it consumed last November amounting to...
San Miguel residents to bar demolitions
RESIDENTS of Sitio San Miguel in Barangay Apas, Cebu City will continue to stage a human barricade today as they expect the court sheriff to deliver a notice, after the court gave a go signal to proceed with the demolition of their houses.
Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 10 Judge...
Council invites local airlines to shed light on plaints
THE Cebu City Council wants representatives of local airlines to shed light on their promotional fares amid growing complaints.
Councilor Alvin Dizon, who wrote the resolution inviting them to a public hearing, said representatives of Cebu Pacific Air are scheduled to appear next month....
Fish shipper files case vs. Ombud
A SHIPPER from Hagnaya, San Remegio, Cebu filed a complaint at the Ombudsman-Visayas on Tuesday against a team from Cebu City Bantay Dagat Commission (CCBDC) for the confiscation of his fish last week.
The team confiscated 480 kilos of tuloy (sardines) from two shippers after these were...
No need to raise reward for arrest of Ecleo, for now
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama says he won’t give financial assistance to the search for convicted Dinagat Island Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr.
Rama said it is not a good example to offer reward money for the arrest of a convict. Rep. Tomas Osmeña (Cebu City, south) also said the police know...
Oliva asks for STC’s accounts, welcomes pledge
THE Cebu City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) has sent a notice of examination of the books of accounts to Saint Theresa’s College (STC) last Friday.
This was after the CTO found no records of STC, which means the school hasn’t paid business taxes and regulatory fees to the City Government....
City Hall looking for ways to oppose transfer
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama is looking for a way to oppose the intention of the Capitol to transfer a jailed former mayor of Lezo, Aklan to the Cebu City Jail.
Rama said he will ask City Administrator Jose Marie Poblete, City Attorney Joseph Bernaldez and Police Coordinating and Advisory...
